this was not an atlas stone, it was a landscaping rock about 4 to 5 inches wide, it was an awkward shape and the way i did it was easy. Once i stood it up on one end, it was about 5 feet tall. I got low, let the rock lean into me and used the momentum to get it off the ground. Leverage is everything. Theres no way i could clean lift a 500lb atlas stone off the ground but i may be able to hold one if it was say....at chest height and rolling it off the back of a truck. Next time i go to florida to visit ill take a fuckin picture for you haters.